📏 Form Guide

Santa Clara

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Santa Clara will be hoping for a better result after a 2-0 Primeira Liga defeat last time out to Vitória Guimarães.

In that game, Santa Clara had 48% possession and 15 shots on goal with 5 of them on target. On the other side, Vitoria SC had 9 shots at goal with 3 of them on target. João Mendes (4') and Gustavo Silva (89') scored for Vitória Guimarães.

Their latest results show that not much more can be done by the Santa Clara rearguard. Santa Clara have kept it tight, resulting in the number of goals that have flown into the back of their net during their past 6 games standing at 4.

Going into this contest, Santa Clara are unbeaten in their previous 2 home league matches.

Sporting Lisbon

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In their last fixture, Sporting Lisbon drew 1-1 in the Primeira Liga match with Braga.

In that match, Sporting Lisbon had 48% possession and 15 shots at goal with 7 of them on target. The scorer for Sporting Lisbon was Viktor Gyökeres (15'). At the other end, SC Braga got 9 attempts on goal with 3 on target. Afonso Patrão (87') was the scorer for Braga.

In as many as 5 of the previous 6 games involving Sporting Lisbon, three or more goals have gone in. The average number of goals per match in that time is 3.33, with the number of goals averaged by Sporting Lisbon equalling 2.5. We will just have to find out if that trend can be sustained into this next match.

Going into this one, Sporting Lisbon haven't been defeated in their previous 7 league matches away from home.

↔️ Head to head

A look at their prior head to head meetings stretching back to 05/03/2021 shows that Santa Clara have won 2 of these & Sporting Lisbon 4, with the tally of drawn results being 0.

A combined sum of 19 goals were scored between the two sides throughout the course of those matches, with 6 of them from Os Açoreanos and 13 for Sportinguistas. That’s an average goals per game of 3.17.

The last league encounter between these sides was Primeira Liga match day 12 on 30/11/2024 when it finished Sporting Lisbon 0-1 Santa Clara.

In that game, Sporting Lisbon had 74% possession and 21 shots at goal with 4 on target.

Santa Clara had 4 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. Vinícius Lopes (33') scored.

The referee was Cláudio Pereira.

🗞️ Team News: Santa Clara

Wendel Silva (Injury to the ankle) and Pedro Pacheco (Knee injury) aren’t available for Santa Clara boss Vasco Matos.

In all likelihood, Os Açoreanos may well opt for a 3-4-3 formation for this one, beginning the first half with Gabriel Batista, Frederico Venancio, Luis Rocha, Matheus Nunes, Lucas Soares, Pedro Ferreira, Sergio Araujo, Matheus Pereira, Vinicius, Joao Costa and Gabriel Silva.

🗞️ Team News: Sporting Lisbon

There’s a good chance that Sportinguistas might make use of a 3-4-3 system by sending out Rui Silva, Eduardo Quaresma, Ousmane Diomande, Goncalo Inacio, Ivan Fresneda, Morten Hjulmand, Hidemasa Morita, Matheus, Trincao, Viktor Gyoekeres and Geovany Quenda.

💡 Prediction

When taking all factors into account, Santa Clara will likely create enough chances to find the back of the net against this Sporting Lisbon outfit, although one goal possibly won’t be as many as they will have scored against them.

We’ve gone for a narrow 1-2 winning score for Sporting Lisbon after the 90. It should be a decent one.

Renata Leite, 16:02 12/04/2025